The Man Who Would Speak True Lyrics

Song	The Man Who Would Speak True
Artist	Blitzen Trapper
Album	Destroyer of the Void
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	I had a lover, her name was
	GraceShe found me down in a lonely place
	She dug me out with an old jaw bone
	She dressed me up for to take me home
	She fed me words that
	I could not taste,
	For I had no tongue, it had been replaced
	By a green and a growing flower which grew
	And I knew if
	I ever spoke,
	I would speak true
	We lived together in an old hotel
	A broke-down palace with a wishing well
	The neighbor girl taught me how to spell
	And how to steal what
	I could not sell
	But I fed my tongue on the
	Devil’s rum
	In a roadhouse run by a godless bum
	On a drunken night, with a stolen gun
	I shot my lover as she made to run
	The judge said, “
	Son, what have you done?”
	But I didn’t speak a word, no
	I didn’t speak one
	And the judge sent me away
	And they buried my
	Grace, yeah, the very next day
	They sent me out on a midnight train
	In the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
	Four men sitting with an old shotgun,
	Silver stars pinned on every one
	They busted my mouth for to get at my tongue
	To see just how this had all begun
	So I opened my mouth like a dragon’s breath
	I only spoke truth, but it only brought death
	And I laid those boys to rest
	For the truth, in truth, is a terrible jest
	For there ain’t no road but the road to home,
	There ain’t no crops but the ones you’ve sown
	And if you learn one thing from me
	You better guard your tongue like your enemy
	I came to ground in a one-horse town
	On the western rim where the sun goes down
	Where a branded man might start again
	For to right his wrong, for to lose his sin
	But my tongue kept growing, it would not cease
	I grew quite weary, couldn’t get no release
	So I went to the magistrate and turned myself in,
	Picked up a shovel, and he made the grin
	And they planted me by the sea
	Now the birds of the air make nests on me

	I had a lover, her name was
	GraceShe found me down in a lonely place
	She dug me out with an old jaw bone
	She dressed me up for to take me home
	She fed me words that
	I could not taste,
	For I had no tongue, it had been replaced
	By a green and a growing flower which grew
	And I knew if
	I ever spoke,
	I would speak true
	We lived together in an old hotel
	A brokedown palace with a wishing well
	The neighbor girl taught me how to spell
	And how to steal what
	I could not sell
	But I fed my tongue on the
	Devil' s rum
	In a roadhouse run by a godless bum
	On a drunken night, with a stolen gun
	I shot my lover as she made to run
	The judge said, "
	Son, what have you done?"
	But I didn' t speak a word, no
	I didn' t speak one
	And the judge sent me away
	And they buried my
	Grace, yeah, the very next day
	They sent me out on a midnight train
	In the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
	Four men sitting with an old shotgun,
	Silver stars pinned on every one
	They busted my mouth for to get at my tongue
	To see just how this had all begun
	So I opened my mouth like a dragon' s breath
	I only spoke truth, but it only brought death
	And I laid those boys to rest
	For the truth, in truth, is a terrible jest
	For there ain' t no road but the road to home,
	There ain' t no crops but the ones you' ve sown
	And if you learn one thing from me
	You better guard your tongue like your enemy
	I came to ground in a onehorse town
	On the western rim where the sun goes down
	Where a branded man might start again
	For to right his wrong, for to lose his sin
	But my tongue kept growing, it would not cease
	I grew quite weary, couldn' t get no release
	So I went to the magistrate and turned myself in,
	Picked up a shovel, and he made the grin
	And they planted me by the sea
	Now the birds of the air make nests on me

	I had a lover, her name was
	GraceShe found me down in a lonely place
	She dug me out with an old jaw bone
	She dressed me up for to take me home
	She fed me words that
	I could not taste,
	For I had no tongue, it had been replaced
	By a green and a growing flower which grew
	And I knew if
	I ever spoke,
	I would speak true
	We lived together in an old hotel
	A brokedown palace with a wishing well
	The neighbor girl taught me how to spell
	And how to steal what
	I could not sell
	But I fed my tongue on the
	Devil' s rum
	In a roadhouse run by a godless bum
	On a drunken night, with a stolen gun
	I shot my lover as she made to run
	The judge said, "
	Son, what have you done?"
	But I didn' t speak a word, no
	I didn' t speak one
	And the judge sent me away
	And they buried my
	Grace, yeah, the very next day
	They sent me out on a midnight train
	In the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
	Four men sitting with an old shotgun,
	Silver stars pinned on every one
	They busted my mouth for to get at my tongue
	To see just how this had all begun
	So I opened my mouth like a dragon' s breath
	I only spoke truth, but it only brought death
	And I laid those boys to rest
	For the truth, in truth, is a terrible jest
	For there ain' t no road but the road to home,
	There ain' t no crops but the ones you' ve sown
	And if you learn one thing from me
	You better guard your tongue like your enemy
	I came to ground in a onehorse town
	On the western rim where the sun goes down
	Where a branded man might start again
	For to right his wrong, for to lose his sin
	But my tongue kept growing, it would not cease
	I grew quite weary, couldn' t get no release
	So I went to the magistrate and turned myself in,
	Picked up a shovel, and he made the grin
	And they planted me by the sea
	Now the birds of the air make nests on me

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